I feel its a slap in the face when i am told i am a racist and have white privilege and owe reparations when i was raised in poverty that may of started when the breadwinner of my family was killed fighting for the north and led to a cycle of poverty i grew up as part of.
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So I will chime in.
My family did own slaves, plantation house and all, while also helping the Confederacy during the Civil War. Nowadays, some family still lives in the home, and some of the slave houses chimneys and brick slabs still exist, although they are weathering away. It's actually a beautiful place.
With that said, you don't, and will never see, an ounce of racism directed towards a particular group from us. In fact, I learned that after the war they still provided for the (former) slaves and sponsored their education, willingly. It wasn't a stereotypical Hollywood scenario like the Django movie, etc.
My point is, no matter what side/walk of life you come from, you're still going to catch flak from whatever group feels threatened enough to be sponsored and manipulated by big wigs pulling the strings. I actually have a very diverse group of friends. All this loud BS coming from media mouths and hate groups is just weaponized propaganda meant to divide us coming into the next election cycle.
Stay vigilant and focused, and do not let these clowns ever falter your stance and position in life. Hold your morals high and keep moving.
MAGA, friends, and ALL Lives Matter.
Firstly the deeds of your ancestors do not define you neither are you are burdened with them, be it good or bad.
Secondly, slavery was a common practice then, though conscientious individuals did what they could to reduce or stop them, while there were some who were humane to their slaves, of course, there were many who were not. With that said, a common practice of a time is part of the history and it cannot be and should not be attempted to 'fix' as long as its effects are not harming the present.
For e.g. a lot more people around that time were what would be in today's term deeply misogynistic, and nearly ALL of them I bet were homophobic or transphobic.
We can't realistically expect that during a hypothetical great LGBT uprising we will try to remove those who were anti-LGBT, that would mean nearly all of the contemporary history. We have the gift of present to make things better instead of trying to fix history.
Another potent example is Prophet Muhammed of Islam was homophobic, slave owner and misogynistic, the documented evidence is right in their holy scriptures. Imagine attempting to fix that part of history by trying to remove his identity. Sometimes I do wish these BLM and Antifa lot attempted that, the outcome would be pretty interesting.